Tattered Recipes

The inspiration for this Mushroom Brisket recipe was a need for a vegan chili for a Superbowl party. In 2017’s gorgeous Basics to Brilliance, Donna Hay lay’s out a simple beef brisket recipe. She uses this recipe in anything from simple sliders to a beef lasagne. While her recipe makes a stunningly savory slow-cooked beef brisket, it obviously is only meant for us meat-eaters! Mushrooms are a…

We’re Moving!

Hello folks! We’re moving! As many of you probably have noticed, I’ve not been working on this blog for nearly two years! With the pandemic and a new job, I’ve not had as much time or interest in creating new content and if you’ve ever hosted your own website you know the cost starts to maintain such a site build over time, and it no longer makes sense for me to maintain it in its current form.…

One Way to Support

I don’t typically comment on current events or politics within these pages, but given the confluence of the pandemic and the persistence of state-sponsored violence against minorities, I have felt the need to contribute to lifting up the voices of the people impacted by centuries of abuse.

Over the past week, I have been a direct witness to youth marching down my street here in Los Angeles.…

So Many Recipes… C-19 Edition

It’s been quite a while since I did a So Many Recipes round-up. But, as I’ve found a bit more time on my hands lately, I thought I should dust some of these off and share them! How have you been sequestering at home over the past two months? Like many of us, I imagine you are passing the time rediscovering (or discovering) your love of cooking.

My last post was days before we went into…

The inspiration for this Mushroom Brisket recipe was a need for a vegan chili for a Superbowl party. In 2017’s gorgeous Basics to Brilliance, Donna Hay lay’s out a simple beef brisket recipe. She uses this recipe in anything from simple sliders to a beef lasagne. While her recipe makes a stunningly savory slow-cooked beef brisket, it obviously is only meant for us meat-eaters!

Mushrooms are a…

How is it already the end of February! It’s been a busy month of housesitting, doing taxes, and working hard at the day job. It’s been rather cold and dry here in SoCal this winter. All this inspired this month’s post for a fast, hearty, and hot Deviled Seafood Special that I found in my grandma’s recipe box.

The beauty of this recipe is that your likely to have most of the ingredients on-hand…

Happy New Year everyone! As I was digging through my grandmother’s recipe box a while back, I came across a recipe for Broiled Salmon Steak with Hot Cucumber Sauce. I know, I’ve written rather extensively about my extreme dislike of cucumber in the past, but minus that particular squash, this recipe does not seem half-bad.

That said, I obviously have not made this particular meal. If I do, I…

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving (though by the time this post is published, it will almost be Christmas!) My husband and I spent the week house/dogsitting on the west side of the city. He had to work this past Friday and Saturday. Which left me with quite a bit of time alone with the dog, so I baked!

Actually, the baking started on Wednesday evening, with this Sourdough bread…

Frankfurters with Cream Potato Salad

From my grandmother’s recipe box this month we have Frankfurters with Cream Potato Salad. I am not a fan of cold mayonnaise salads, but my husband is (and so is most of the Ohio valley.) This particular recipe appealed to me largely because it is a lettuce wrap from the 1950s!

I know, it’s shocking. Like any good picnic food from the last century, we Americans manage to make healthy food like…

Grandma’s Fried Shrimp

We are back with another one of my grandmother’s recipes, this time her Fried Shrimp recipe! This post was intended for September, but a trip back east to visit family who (recently) all relocated to New York state, delayed me posting. I foolishly thought I was going to be able to get this and several other posts drafted on vacation.

For a late summer appetizer, I found this easy fried shrimp…

So I’m back with another cake recipe from my grandma’s recipe box. This time it is a Poppy Seed Cake. It appears that this recipe originated from the back of a can of Solo Poppy Seed filling. When was the last time you saw a can of poppy seed filling on your grocer’s shelf?

As you can see from my grandma’s index card, she refers to it as the Solo cake. But as with most of her recipes, it’s not…

It’s hard to believe that Tattered Recipes is turning three this month! To celebrate, Mexican Wedding Cakes, a simple cake recipe from my grandmother’s recipe box.

When I started this blog, I was working as a consultant after leaving a job I had held for ten years. Let me tell you, working for home and yourself is not all it is cracked up to be. There were hours and days of boredom and…

Mom’s Macaroni and Cheese

Hello everyone! Long time, no see- but before we get to my Mom’s Macaroni and Cheese, a brief update. I’ve been on a lengthy hiatus from the blog working on updating my professional credentials. I sat for my senior professional credentialing exam at the end of April. To prepare, I spent all of January, February, March, and April studying. Which, is why you haven’t seen much of me lately.

In…

Feather Devil’s Food Cake

There is something about chocolate cake that just make the holidays for me and since it is the season, I thought I would try my hand at one of the four Devil’s Food Cake recipes in my grandmother’s recipe box for this week’s post.

Yes, I did state four different recipes. I have a feeling that Barb enjoyed a good, moist, slice of this cocoa delight. Each method was basically the same, though…

Th,Hi folks, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving last week! We were road-tripping out to Arizona for the first time to visit family in Phoenix and friends in Tucson so no post last weekend and a late post for this week.

We had a great time and great food. I’m hoping to get back to posting some good recipes over the next few weeks. However, next week sees the return of our annual holiday party. We…

So Many Recipes, So Little Time – Thanksgiving Edition

So just in time for Thanksgiving is another round of So Many Recipes, So Little Time! I decide to go with a seasonal theme for this second round up of recipes that look amazing, but I just can’t seem to find the time (and sometimes the energy) to try my hand at these dishes.

Thanksgiving is not my favorite culinary holiday. I know, to most Americans, that may sound like heresy. I find a lot of…

So my husband bought and slow-cooked a pork shoulder a few weeks ago. He left us with quite a bit of unseasoned shredded pork. I was tasked to pull together a barbeque sauce to make sandwiches.

Our local Ralphs has a small shelf in the produce area for “imperfect and blemished” fruits in vegetables. Apparently, they sort through the product they put out and repackage it if it looks unappealing. I…